Legal Opinion

State v. . Graham

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 24, 1944PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWinboeNe, J.

Appellant presents for error the refusal of the trial ■court to sustain demurrer to the evidence, aptly made under G. S., 15-173, to which ruling exceptions were duly taken and preserved.

A careful consideration of the evidence in the record and case on appeal, taken in the light most favorable to the State, leads to the conclusion as a matter of law (1) that the evidence is insufficient to support a verdict on either the first, second, fourth or fifth counts in the war-nant — the first and the fourth being virtually the same, and (2) that as "to each of them the demurrer should have been…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. State v. . TooleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  2. State v. . StiwinterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  3. State v. . EppsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
  4. State v. . MaslinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
  5. State v. . JarrettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. PledgerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  2. State v. CourtneySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  3. State v. BraxtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  4. State v. AustinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
  5. State v. MeshawSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957

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